Hampton, Virginia - City Development Fees
City of Hampton | Independent City | Virginia Peninsula / Hampton Roads | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA
Hampton is an independent city on the Virginia Peninsula and one of the seven cities of Hampton Roads, bordered by Newport News, York County, and Poquoson. The City of Hampton administers zoning, subdivision, site plan, building permit, land disturbance, and sanitary sewer connection fees through its Community Development / Development Services Center. All amounts below are drawn from the single consolidated City of Hampton Fee Schedule (Permits and Development Review), stamped "Revised August 2025." Virginia does not levy Texas-style Chapter 395 impact fees, and potable water connection on the Peninsula is administered by Newport News Waterworks, a regional utility, rather than by the City. Verify current amounts with the City of Hampton before relying on them.
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Fee Summary
| Fee Type | Status | Top-Line Figure | Effective Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning, Subdivision, and Building Permit Fees | Confirmed | Rezoning $750 + $100/acre; Use Permit $650; BZA Variance/Special Exception/Appeal $100 (1-family) / $250 (other); Site plan $350 + $150/acre over first acre; Building permit $50 min + 0.39% of construction value; Land disturbance $209-$9,600 tiered | Revised August 2025 |
| Sanitary Sewer Connection (Tap) Fees | Confirmed | New subdivision lot $500/lot; Infill $400-$700 by frontage (+ $10/ft over 60 ft); Apartment/condo $350/unit; Commercial $700; Industrial min $700 or $0.08/SF | Revised August 2025 |
| Impact Fees (Virginia Code 15.2-2317) | Not administered | Virginia does not use Chapter 395 impact fees; Hampton is not a Commonwealth Transportation Board-designated high-growth road-impact-fee locality | - |
| Proffers | Not applicable | Virginia proffers are voluntary negotiated rezoning conditions (VA Code 15.2-2303), not a published dollar fee schedule | - |
| Special District Fees (CDA / Service District) | Not administered | No City-administered community development authority or service-district developer application fee appears in the consolidated fee schedule | - |
Zoning, Subdivision, and Building Permit Fees
All fees in this section are from the consolidated City of Hampton Fee Schedule (Permits and Development Review), administered by the Community Development / Development Services Center and stamped "Revised August 2025." Only a month/year revision stamp is printed on the source document; no day-precise adoption date appears. Amounts below are the current published figures as of the last-verified date.
Legislative Actions and Board of Zoning Appeals
| Application Type | Fee |
|---|---|
| Rezoning | $750 + $100 per acre or portion thereof |
| Use Permit | $650 |
| Pre-application meeting | No charge |
| BZA Variance - one-family residence | $100 |
| BZA Variance - all other uses | $250 |
| BZA Special Exception - one-family residence / all other uses | $100 / $250 |
| Appeal of the Zoning Administrator's decision - one-family / other | $100 / $250 |
Zoning Permits and Sign Permits
| Permit / Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Zoning permit (structures exempt from building code; home occupation; new business with no change of use/occupancy) | $15 |
| Temporary signs | $15 |
| Zoning certification letter (1 and 2 family dwelling) | $25 per parcel |
| Zoning certification letter (all other uses) | $75 per parcel |
| Sign permit | $50 base + $6-$30 additional by sign area (0-24 SF $6 to 300+ SF $30) + $10 technology fee + 2% state levy |
Site Plan Review
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Site plan (initial submittal) | $350 + $150 per acre (or portion thereof) over the first acre |
| Site plan (second submittal) | No charge |
| Site plan (all subsequent submittals) | $200 |
| Developer revision to a plan in review | $100 per sheet |
| Private easement / dedication deed or plat | $50 per instrument |
| Stormwater management plan (disturbance over one acre, or 2,500 SF in a Chesapeake Bay Preservation District) | $200 |
| Major revision (treated as new site plan) | $350 + $150 per acre over the first acre |
Subdivision Plat and Development Plan Review
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Boundary line adjustment plat / Property line vacation plat | $150 each |
| Two lots without public infrastructure - preliminary plat | $150 |
| Two lots without infrastructure - final (when not enabled by approved preliminary) | $150 (resubmission after 2nd $250) |
| Three or more lots without infrastructure - preliminary | $300 + $50 per lot |
| With infrastructure - preliminary | $500 + $50 per lot |
| With infrastructure - final subsequent to approved preliminary | $200 + $25 per lot |
| With infrastructure - final when not enabled by approved preliminary | $700 + $75 per lot |
| Subdivision development plan - residential (incl. townhouses) | $600 + $8 per lot |
| Subdivision development plan - non-residential | $800 + $50 per lot |
| Revision to a proposed plan in review | $150 per page |
| Subdivision exception request | $750 |
Building and Trade Permits
| Permit / Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Minimum building permit fee | $50 |
| New / Renovation / Tenant Buildout building permit | 0.39% of value of construction |
| Electrical / Mechanical (and gas) / Plumbing permit | 0.9% of value of construction (minimum $50 each) |
| Technology fee | $10 per permit |
| State levy | 2% of permit fee |
| Commercial plan review (initial; 3rd+ submission $200 each) | $50 |
| Residential plan review (3rd+ $100 each) | $20 |
| Change of Occupancy / No Construction | $50 |
| Demolition permit | $50 per structure |
| Certificate of Occupancy (temporary) - residential 1st / 2nd+ | $100 / $200 |
| Certificate of Occupancy (temporary) - commercial 1st / 2nd / 3rd / 4th+ | $100 / $500 / $1,000 / $2,000 |
Land Disturbance, Wetlands, and Chesapeake Bay Review
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Land disturbance 10,000 SF to <0.5 acre (single-family / not single-family) | $209 / $225 |
| Land disturbance 2,500 SF to <1 acre in Chesapeake Bay Preservation District | $290 |
| Land disturbance 0.5 to <0.75 acre / 0.75 to <1 acre | $275 / $290 |
| Land disturbance 1 to <5 acres | $2,700 |
| Land disturbance 5 to <10 / 10 to <50 acres | $3,400 / $4,500 |
| Land disturbance 50 to <100 acres / 100 acres or greater | $6,100 / $9,600 |
| Wetlands Board application | $350 + wetlands impact mitigation $16 per required SF (1.25 ratio) |
| Chesapeake Bay Review Committee - exceptions / RPA (single family) / RPA (other uses) | $15 / $75 / $200 |
| Structure Encroachment Permit | $1 per SF of encroachment (minimum $100) |
Fee authority: City of Hampton Community Development / Development Services Center.
Sanitary Sewer Connection (Tap) Fees
The City of Hampton administers its own sanitary sewer connection (tap) fees for developer connections to the City collection system. Potable water connection is administered by Newport News Waterworks (the regional Virginia Peninsula water utility operated by the City of Newport News), and regional wastewater treatment is provided by the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD); neither is a City of Hampton fee and both are out of scope for this City fee page. Source: consolidated City of Hampton Fee Schedule, page 6.
Sanitary Sewer Connection (Tap) Fees
| Connection Type | Fee |
|---|---|
| New lots in a new residential subdivision (prior to final plat recordation) | $500 per lot |
| Infill lot - 30 feet or less of lot frontage | $400 |
| Infill lot - 30 to 39 feet / 40 to 49 feet | $500 / $600 |
| Infill lot - 50 to 59 feet | $700 |
| Infill lot - 60 feet or greater | $700 for the first 60 feet + $10 per additional foot of frontage |
| Two-family structure | $680 |
| Residential apartment or condominium | $350 per unit |
| Single connection serving multiple buildings / trailers / mobile homes | $350 per unit |
| Commercial building (minimum or front footage) | $700 |
| Industrial building | Minimum $700, or $0.08 per SF of building space, whichever is greater |
Public Infrastructure Permit (Developer-Installed Utilities)
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Mainline sanitary sewer | $1 per linear foot |
| Curb and gutter | $1 per linear foot |
| Storm sewer line | $1 per linear foot |
Utility fee authority: City of Hampton Development Services Center (sanitary sewer connection and public infrastructure permits). Water connection fees are administered separately by Newport News Waterworks.
Coverage Notes - What This Page Does Not Cover
This page is published under ZoneFee's partial-verified standard while additional confirmation is pending (the record remains under limited-coverage review). The items below were closed by official-source review rather than by a confirmed standalone fee amount, and are disclosed here rather than estimated or omitted silently.
Impact Fees (Virginia Code 15.2-2317)
The City of Hampton levies no development impact fee. Virginia does not use Texas-style Local Government Code Chapter 395 impact fees; the Commonwealth's road impact fee enabling statute (Virginia Code 15.2-2317 et seq.) applies only to localities in the high-growth areas designated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board, and Hampton - a fully developed independent city on the Virginia Peninsula - is not a designated high-growth impact-fee locality. The consolidated City of Hampton Fee Schedule contains zero impact-fee line items. Closed-search outcome: this fee family is not administered by this jurisdiction.
Proffers
Virginia conditional-zoning proffers (Virginia Code 15.2-2303) are voluntary conditions offered by an applicant during a rezoning; they are negotiated case-by-case and are not a published fee with a dollar schedule. The City of Hampton publishes no proffer fee schedule. The rezoning application fee itself ($750 + $100 per acre) is captured under the zoning fees above. Closed-search outcome: this fee family does not apply as a scheduled fee.
Special District Fees (CDA / Service District)
No City-administered special assessment district, community development authority (CDA), or service-district developer-phase application fee was identified for the City of Hampton. Any downtown or Phoebus business-improvement service district is funded through a supplemental real-estate tax rate on the assessment roll, not a developer-facing development-phase fee. Closed-search outcome: this fee family is not administered by this jurisdiction.
Water Connection and Regional Utilities
Potable water service on the Virginia Peninsula - including the City of Hampton - is provided by Newport News Waterworks, a regional municipal water utility operated by the City of Newport News, not by the City of Hampton. Water connection and meter fees are administered by Newport News Waterworks. Regional wastewater treatment is provided by the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD). Both are candidate future ZoneFee authority records and are out of scope for this City of Hampton jurisdiction page; only the City's own sanitary sewer connection (tap) fees are captured above.
Effective Dates and Census FIPS Code
The consolidated City of Hampton Fee Schedule is stamped "Revised August 2025" on every page; no day-precise adoption date is printed, so the structured effective date is recorded as that revision stamp. Amounts on this page are the current published figures as of the last-verified date. The Census place FIPS code for Hampton was asserted from standard Census place mapping and is not published here pending an explicit Census source confirmation.
Fee Authorities
| Authority | Fee Types | Official Website |
|---|---|---|
| City of Hampton - Community Development / Development Services Center | Zoning, subdivision, site plan, building permit, land disturbance, wetlands, Chesapeake Bay review, and sanitary sewer connection (tap) fees | hampton.gov |
| Newport News Waterworks (regional Virginia Peninsula water utility) | Water connection / meter / service fees for Hampton (administered regionally, not by the City) | nnva.gov |
Sources
| Document | Agency | Accessed |
|---|---|---|
| City of Hampton Fee Schedule - Permits and Development Review (PDF, Revised August 2025) | City of Hampton - Development Services Center / Community Development | 2026-07-15 |
| Permits (link source for the consolidated Fee Schedule PDF) | City of Hampton - Permits | 2026-07-15 |
Last verified by ZoneFee: 2026-07-15. Fee schedules are subject to change. Verify current rates directly with the City of Hampton Community Development / Development Services Center before relying on this data for any financial decision.
This page reflects fee data sourced from the official consolidated City of Hampton Fee Schedule (Permits and Development Review, Revised August 2025) as of the last-verified date above. ZoneFee does not guarantee that fee amounts are current at the time you read this page. Fee schedules change. Zoning, subdivision, site plan, building permit, land disturbance, and sanitary sewer connection fees are all drawn from that single consolidated schedule; only a month/year revision stamp ("Revised August 2025") is printed on the source, and no day-precise adoption date appears. The City of Hampton levies no Chapter 395-style impact fee (Virginia limits road impact fees to Commonwealth Transportation Board-designated high-growth localities, which Hampton is not), Virginia proffers are voluntary negotiated rezoning conditions rather than a published dollar fee, and no City-administered special-district developer fee surfaced in the located official sources. Potable water connection on the Peninsula is administered by Newport News Waterworks, not the City. Verify all current rates directly with the City of Hampton before relying on this data for land acquisition, project budgeting, or any financial decision. This page is for research and due-diligence reference only - it is not legal or financial advice.